ras

Signification (Anglais)

1. (historical, invariable, masculine) title of the second-highest grade in the hierarchy of the Ethiopian Empire; ras
2. (derogatory, figuratively, invariable, masculine) any small local authority who exercises power despotically
3. (invariable, masculine) a local boss of organized crime
4. (historical, invariable, masculine) a Fascist party official

Concepts

caïd

autocrate

despote

tyran

Synonymes

dittatore

tiranno

autocrate

despota

Traductions

cacique

ras

autòcrata

τύραννος

autocrat

despot

tyrant

déspota

dèspota

autocrata

ditador

autócrata

autócrata

déspota

Coupé comme

ràs

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈras/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Amharic ራስ (ras, “head”), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”).